Catholics call Pope Francis ‘a change for the better’

WASHINGTON (RNS) U.S. Catholics always like their pope but often ignore Catholic teachings. Now, a new survey on Pope Francis' first year finds that they "not only like the singer, they like the new song."

Cathy Lynn Grossman

Cathy Lynn Grossman is a senior national correspondent for Religion News Service, specializing in stories drawn from research and statistics on religion, spirituality and ethics, and manager for social media.

“The shepherd should smell like his sheep”
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It’s all about the basics, it’s everyone of us who make religion complicated…Pope Francis is hel
ping us Catholics to remember this important truth. The Marines say it best, “Deeds; not words” Semper Fi

[…] wants, how is Francis doing? American Catholics told a pollster they’re giving more, but another survey found “no statistically significant rise in the number of Americans who identify as Catholic; […]